System components
The ThyssenKrupp Airport Systems Apron Drive Passenger Boarding Bridge consists of the following main components:
Characteristics
The Steel Apron Drive PBB (AD) tunnel walls, which are a core piece of the product, are made of hot-dip galvanized sheets. Panels are welded via an automated spot system to guarantee high precision components, which assure longer lifetime, less repair and maintenance and reduced life-cycle costs.
The hydraulic elevation system provides extremely smooth adjustment operation while also reducing operating costs to a minimum.
Automatic systems, such as Point & Go and pre-positioning, help to automate PBB handling, hence reducing the possibility of human error.
The PBB is available in two- or three-tunnel versions.
Two tunnel - steel
model
| TB 15/11.0-2 | TB 17/12.0-2 |
| TB 19/13.0-2 | TB 21/14.0-2 |
| TB 23/15.0-2 | TB 25/16.0-2 |
| TB 27/17.0-2 | TB 29/18.0-2 |
| TB 31/19.0-2 | TB 33/20.0-2 |
| TB 35/21.0-2 | TB 37/22.5-2 |
| TB 39/23.5-2 | TB 41/24.5-2 |
| TB 43/25.5-2 | TB 45/26.5-2 |
Three tunnel - steel
model
| TB 23/13.5-3 | TB 25/14.5-3 |
| TB 27/15.0-3 | TB 29/15.5-3 |
| TB 31/16.5-3 | TB 33/17.0-3 |
| TB 35/17.5-3 | TB 37/18.5-3 |
| TB 39/19.0-3 | TB 41/19.5-3 |
| TB 43/20.5-3 | TB 45/21.0-3 |
Parameters
dimensional characteristics
| Rotunda | meters | inches |
| Internal diameter | 2.44 m | 96.00’’ |
| Free width at the neck of the rotunda | 1.51 m | 59.38’’ |
| Free height at the neck of the rotunda | 2.30 m | 91.44’’ |
| Internal tunnel (tunnel A) | ||
| Free width | 1.49 m | 58.25’’ |
| Free height | 2.10 m | 83.00’’ |
| External tunnel (tunnel B) | ||
| Free width | 2.03 m | 67.00’’ |
| Free height | 2.67 m | 92.50’’ |
| External tunnel (Tunnel C in 3-part PBB) | ||
| Free width | 2.03 m | 77.00’’ |
| Free height | 2.67 m | 102.38’’ |
| Cabin ring | ||
| Internal diameter | 3.00 m | 123.50’’ |
| Service door | ||
| Width36.00’’ | 0.70 m | 36.00’’ |
| Height | 2.00 m | 80.00’’ |
| Front door of cabin in 2-part PBB | ||
| Free width | 1.54 m | 67.00’’ |
| Free height | 2.34 m | 93.00’’ |
| Front door of cabin in 3-part PBB | ||
| Free width | 1.54 m | 67.00’’ |
| Free height | 2.68 m | 93.00’’ |
| Canopy | ||
| Free width | 3.20 m | 135.38’’ |
| Free height | 3.02 m | 125.69’’ |
| Service stairs | ||
| Free width | 750 mm | 34.81’’ |